McDowell arrested on warrant

AssistanceThe El Dorado Police Department and the Union County Sheriff’s Office also assisted the U.S. Marshals Service with the apprehension of McDowell in Arkansas.The SCSO also acknowled...

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The El Dorado Police Department and the Union County Sheriff’s Office also assisted the U.S. Marshals Service with the apprehension of McDowell in Arkansas.

The SCSO also acknowledged those who provided tips and information to help with the investigation.

EL DORADO, Ark. — On Tuesday, Dec. 4, at around 3 p.m., 30-year-old Joseph Dwight McDowell, formerly of Angola, Ind., was located and apprehended by the United States Marshals Service in El Dorado, Ark., on a Steuben County arrest warrant charging McDowell with class A felony child molesting.

The warrant was issued on Nov. 15, following an investigation by the Steuben County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO), but McDowell fled Steuben County, Ind.

Sheriff’s detectives reached out to the U.S. Marshals Service Northern District of Indiana’s Sex Offender Investigations Coordinator Bill Boothe for assistance with the subsequent fugitive investigation.

Through the investigative efforts of the SCSO, Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Office, Angola Police Department, and the U.S. Marshals Service Northern District of Indiana, Western District of Michigan, and Western District of Arkansas, McDowell was located and apprehended without incident.

McDowell is currently being held in Arkansas at the Union County Jail awaiting extradition back to Steuben County.